A rendering of the proposed $245 million Kewadin Lansing Casino, which the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians wants to build on Michigan Avenue in downtown Lansing

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Lindsay VanHulle
Lansing State Journal

GRAND RAPIDS - A federal judge said today that a ruling is possible within 30 days on Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's lawsuit seeking to stop the Lansing casino project, the Lansing State Journal reported.

Attorneys for the state and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians were in U.S. District Court today in Grand Rapids to argue whether the lawsuit Schuette filed in September should be dismissed.

The tribe's attorney argued that the state's claims do not have merit because the tribe hasn't yet applied with the U.S. secretary of the interior to have the land taken into ...